'Cool fuel' outside the rules.
Plans held by the leading teams in Formula One to use refrigerated fuel at Monza this weekend look set to be scuppered by the FIA as it cracks down on another loophole in the regulations.
The so-called 'cool fuel' is believed to contain greater amounts of oxygen and, because of its reduced capacity, allows more to be crammed into the restrictive tanks carried by each car. The theory is that, if more fuel can be added in this manner, the cars can run longer between stops, or even make fewer stops in each race, without suffering an increased weight penalty.
Plans held by the leading teams in Formula One to use refrigerated fuel at Monza this weekend look set to be scuppered by the FIA as it cracks down on another loophole in the regulations.
The so-called 'cool fuel' is believed to contain greater amounts of oxygen and, because of its reduced capacity, allows more to be crammed into the restrictive tanks carried by each car. The theory is that, if more fuel can be added in this manner, the cars can run longer between stops, or even make fewer stops in each race, without suffering an increased weight penalty.
The FIA has now got wise to the practice, thought to have been introduced only a couple of races ago, and will be insisting on making temperature checks in the Monza pit-lane.
